The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-07
i9r Communication were decidedly larger

ior commutatlon were decidedly large
than on any previous day. "As matte
OF fact" said the Governor, "the pleas 10
clemency have always been Homewha
greater than the requests for non.lnte,
ference, but this morning the proportiol
was aomewhat greater than usual" S,S
9"Have you had any callers to-day ?" b.
was asked. mo, I have seen no ono today
! have spent nearly all day at home. Th
delegations, l prerume, will begin to com
IN tomorrow or next day, and when the,
do l propoae to receive them all In the re
ception room at tho Capitol. Everybod,
will be accorded q patient hearing, ami
the case finally disposed OF, Just 90 al
cases Of like character. have been In tn,
past.n' fss6 sIIIy = g'"-l Z.
Numerous tele9rams have been received
BY the Governor during tho day, most o
them from Chicago. Their tenor canno
be learned, other than that one OF then
was from prominent Chicago capitalist
who iavors executive clemency. ,ig
ms MoNEYRD MEN WEAKENING.
There is little doubt that the Governol
is at this time receiving communication
from an unusually large number Of the
moneyed men Of tho country who recon
mend Communication Of sentence. Some o
tho gentlemen valve oil questions % Ia
the law and justice of the case aud simply
favor clemency on the grounds OF public
policy, iusiating that it Ia better to send
tho condemned men to the penitentiary
Tor lille than 1t Ia to allow them to bsCome
proiesaed martyra by suffering the death
penalty. 5i75 d, X ~ 80
4 Attorney General Hunt was aeen to-day,
and asked his opinion as to the probable
outcome OF the petitions for clemency.
~ have no idea what the Governor will
DO" said be, "the only time I have seen
MIN since my return here was fora short
time yesterday afternoon, Hois, OF course,
coneidering the case and Ia considering Ii
conscientlously. AS I have always OK.
pected peculiar sentiment has begun to
develop among certsin elements as the
final day approaches. These people, &C.
tusted almost wholly by feelings Of
sympathy, are signing petitions for
clemency. Many Of them are signing
them for the Anarchists just as they would
sign them for any other unfortunates II
the case were presented TO thom. It is a
simple matter Of sympathy that is gradual.
" working this change OF sentiment,
Many people, too, consider that degrees Of
guilt vary with these men, and that may
be truo to aome extent. Lingg, lor in.
stance, undoubtedly manufactured the
bomb that did the bloody work. Engel,
too, may have been more immediately
connected with the crimo than others.
Anyhow,a s55 775 :
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that certain Of the condemned men were
more guilty than others. That belief is
undoubtedly affecting public sentiment to
come extent. On the other hand there is
no doubt that the refusal OF some of the
men to ask or accept q commutatlon OF
sentence hGg allied much OF the sympathy
thst they would otherwise have had" :
Man5 Of the COMMUNICATIONS and rauo.
lutions received from incendisry and An.
erchist circles abroad are violent in their
6enunciation Of the Illinois Judiciary.
The Supreme Court OF this State has been
80 mis,epreserted by portion Of the
press OF Europs and the decieion so gen.
orally garbled that Hon. N. L. Freeman,
Supreme Court reporter OF Illinois, has
just cent copies Of the decision in the An.
archiat case to the United States ministers
in Europe, and to all the leading journals
OF the transatlantic preBe. . 80 = Z